Sun vs. Mission to Mars

  • Released Monday, June 28, 2004
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Spacecraft (green trajectory) on their way from the Earth (blue orbit) to Mars (red orbit) risk being hit by energetic events from the Sun, such as X-rays, energetic protons (blue streaks), and material from Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) (red blobs). The spiral lines from the Sun represent the magnetic field lines 'frozen' into the solar wind.



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This page was originally published on Monday, June 28, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.


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